The brother of Teresa Sievers, the Bonita Springs doctor who was found bludgeoned to death in her home two years ago, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Mark Sievers, who is accused of orchestrating the 2015 slaying of his wife.

The two-page civil complaint was filed in Lee County Circuit Court in Fort Myers on June 28 on behalf of Patrick Tottenham and lists Sievers’ two daughters and Tottenham as potential beneficiaries.

The complaint asks for a jury trial and argues that the “surviving natural persons” lost the “future support and services” of Teresa Sievers, the amount of her probable net income, her companionship, and experienced mental pain and suffering due to her death.

Keith Wickenden — the attorney for Tottenham, who is listed in the complaint as a personal representative of the estate of Teresa Sievers — said his client is waiting to see what the outcome of Mark Sievers’ murder trial is and will weigh how to proceed after the conclusion of the trial.

“We plan on asking the court to stay this,” Wickenden said of the civil suit.

Mark Sievers, center, was in a Lee County courtroom on Thursday for a status hearing. He is charged with first degree murder in death of his wife Dr. Teresa Sievers. His case was continued. (Photo11: Andrew West/The News-Press)

The suit was not meant to attract any publicity, he said, but allows his client to recoup any monetary damages in case Mark Sievers is acquitted.

Although the complaint states it is an “action for damages that exceed $15,000,” Wickenden said there is no actual dollar value attached to the damages his client may seek at this point.

In November, a Lee County Circuit Court judge declared Mark Sievers “indigent,” or unable to pay for certain expenses associated with the trial. Sievers testified that he liquidated his insurance policy and 401(k) to pay for legal fees and that his family helped cover the costs, according to court documents.

The law office representing Mark Sievers was not immediately available for comment.

Mark Sievers, 49, was arrested about six months after the arrests of his childhood friend Curtis Wayne Wright, 48, and Jimmy Ray Rodgers, 27, were announced.

In May 2016, a Lee County grand jury indicted Sievers and Rodgers on first-degree murder charges in the June 2015 killing of Teresa Sievers. Mark Sievers and Rodgers have pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Wright pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence.

Investigators believe Mark Sievers coordinated with Wright to kill Teresa Sievers at the couple’s home in Bonita Springs. The indictments say Wright then enlisted the help of Rodgers to commit the crime.

Teresa Sievers, a well-known doctor in Southwest Florida, was found bludgeoned to death at her home the day after she returned from a family trip to New York. Her husband and the couple’s two daughters were in Connecticut at the time she was killed.